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Mol an óige…
October 18, 2012
Scoil Iognaid, the Jesuit, all-Irish, co-educational primary school in Galway, has a new principal whose vision for the school is summed up perfectly by the Irish proverb; ‘mol an oige...
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Father Browne’s Kerry
October 18, 2012
Messenger Publications have just published the latest collection of Fr Frank Browne photos, Fr Browne's Kerry. The Fr Browne SJ Collection, contains almost 42,000 pictures and 1,170 of these were...
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Elephants in the classroom
October 18, 2012
There's still a strong sense of spirituality in this country, says Education Minister Ruarí Quinn in a filmed interview with Frank Canavan, former principal of Coláiste Iognáid. "But it's no...
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Speak freely – but watch your back!
October 18, 2012
"As I read the list of disciplined moral theologians, not to mention the lists of those investigated since Vatican II, I wonder if the climate for theological creativity is not...
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Brother Joe Cleary RIP
October 11, 2012
Brother Joe Cleary SJ died in Cherryfield on 9 October, aged 91. A native of Ringsend, Dublin, he had a variety of jobs before entering the Jesuits at the age...
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Chinese principals in Belvedere
October 5, 2012
Twenty-two Principals from the Chinese Province of Chengdu and Sichuan, visited Belvedere College on Friday 28 September. They observed lessons in a variety of subjects and enjoyed meeting and socialising...
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Rethinking education in Galway
October 5, 2012
"Many of those who come out of our Catholic schools are not necessarily models of good Christian living". That's according to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, in an filmed interview with Martin...
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Educate local – go global
October 5, 2012
Secondary school leaders from Jesuit schools around the world gathered for the first time ever this summer for a ‘colloquium’ on their global mission into the future. This historic event...
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“A good heresy!”
October 3, 2012
"I love a good heresy!" That's just one of the comments written on the early essays of Padraig Brady, CEO of the Pioneers, when he began the Adult Education Diploma...
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New book from FÁS
September 20, 2012
The Jesuit publishing house as Gaeilge - FÁS - has published a new book on Celtic spirituality which draws on the lives of saints Bríd, Bróna agus Columbán. Written by...
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